rhyme

Rhyme is defined as to speak in words or phrases with the same ending sound or to create a written piece out of such phrases.

An example of rhyme is to say the words "bike" and "like."

An example of rhyme is what William Blake did when he wrote "The Lamb."

rhyme

a piece of verse, or poem, in which there is a regular recurrence of corresponding sounds, esp. at the ends of lines

such verse or poetry in general

correspondence of sound between stressed syllables at the ends of words or lines of verse; specif., perfect rhyme (sense )

a word that corresponds with another in sound, esp. end sound

Origin of rhyme

Middle English rime from Old French from rimer, to rhyme, probably from Frankish an unverified form rim, row, series, akin to OE, Old High German rim, series, number from Indo-European an unverified form rei- (from source Old Irish rim, number) from base an unverified form are-, to join, fit (from source art, ratio, rite): form influenced, influence by associated, association with Classical Latin rhythmus, rhythm

intransitive verb

rhymed, rhym′ing

to make verse, esp. rhyming verse

to form a rhyme: “more” rhymes with “door”

to be composed in metrical form with rhymes

to be in accord or agreement: the eyewitness accounts rhyme on the essential points

to put into rhyme

to compose in metrical form with rhymes

to use as a rhyme or rhymes

rhyme Idioms

rhyme or reason

order or sense: preceded by without, no, etc.

rhyme

also rime

noun

Correspondence of sounds at the ends of words or phrases, especially when involving the last stressed vowel and all succeeding sounds in each of two or more such words or phrases.

A word that exhibits such correspondence with another, as behold and cold.

a. A poem or verse employing such correspondence as a formal feature, especially at the ends of lines.

b. Poetry or verse of this kind.

verb

rhymed, rhym·ing, rhymes, also rimedrim·ingrimes

verb

intransitive

To form a rhyme.

To compose rhymes or verse.

To make use of rhymes in composing verse.

verb

transitive

To put into rhyme or compose with rhymes.

To use (a word or words) as a rhyme.

Origin of rhyme

Alteration (influenced by rhythm ) of Middle English rimefrom Old French of Germanic origin ; see ar- in Indo-European roots.